Grosvenor Bridge, Chester
Grid reference: SJ402655
Co-ordinates: 340240, 365580
Bearing: SSW
Traffic into Chester from the south having grown immensely, the old bridge could no longer cope, and a new bridge was commissioned in the 1820s.
Standing somewhat downstream of the old crossing, so that a new street out of the city had to be laid as well, the Grosvenor Bridge was designed by Thomas Harrison and completed after his death by William Cole.
The bridge is constructed of Anglesey limestone and sandstone from the Cheshire village of Peckforton.
This is the eastern side of the bridge, viewed from the north bank of the Dee.
Grid reference: SJ401656
Co-ordinates: 340190, 365605
Bearing: SSE
This is the western side, again from the north bank.
© Nigel Stapley